Johnson: Increasing confidence that vaccines work against coronavirus variants

Boris Johnson said there is ‘increasing confidence’ Covid vaccines are effective against the Indian strain (House of Commons/PA)

There is “increasing confidence” that vaccines are effective against the Indian strain of coronavirus, Boris Johnson said in a boost for efforts to keep the June 21 date for the further easing of lockdown restrictions.

At Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Johnson said the latest data indicates the jabs are working against all variants of the virus.